A second opinion on your AV quote
Hotel in-house AV, a production company, a rental house. Send me the quote and I’ll tell you what’s fair, what to question and what it should cost.
I’ve been on both sides of the quote. I spent years working ballrooms inside big hotel AV operations, and now I build productions independently. I know how these quotes get put together and where the room is.
What I look for
- Labor: crew counts, minimum calls, and overtime baked in before the show even starts.
- Service charges and fees stacked on top of each other.
- Patch, power and rigging fees from the venue, and whether they could have been negotiated in your contract.
- Gear that doesn’t fit the room, like a second projector nobody needs or a PA sized for a stadium.
- Things that are missing and will show up later as change orders.
- Rates compared with what the same gear rents for around town.
What you get
A one-page report you can read on your phone. Every line marked fair, ask, negotiate, cut or replace, with notes in plain English and a total of what it should cost.
Use it to negotiate with the vendor you already have. You don’t have to switch to me. If you do book with Nalu Media afterward, the review fee comes off your total.